Tooth-brush case and pencil-holder combined



(No Model.)

. S. 8. FOX. TOOTH BRUSH GASE AND PENCIL HOLDER COMBINED. No. 482,631. Patented Sept. 13, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL S. FOX, OF MARION, OHIO.

TOOTH-BRUSH CASE AND PENCIL-HOLDER COMBINED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 482,631, dated September 13, 1892. Application filed February 6, 1892. herial No. 420,606. (No model.)

T0 at whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL S. FOX, a citizen of the United States, residing at Marion, in the county of Marion and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Tooth-Brush Case and Pencil-Holder Oombined, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is aside elevation of myimproved tooth-brush case and pencil-holder combined; Fig. 2, a detail View of the two sections of the brush-case; Fig. 3, the sections in open position to admit the toothbrush, and Fig. 4. the device attached to a pocket in carrying position.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive device in which a leadpencil and tooth-brush or other portable article may be carried in the pocket of a coat or other garment.

Lead-pencils are regarded as indispensable pocket furniture by nearly all classes of people,but when carried in the usual manner are liable to showbroken points when most needed, and are also easily lost. Tooth-brushes are hardly less desirable than pencils, but are not so generally carried for the want of efficient means to protect them from contact with dust and other contents of a pocket.

My invention consists of a brush holder or case, which may be made of light and suitable sheet metal, a socket having an adjustable spring extension for the pencil, and a spring-clamp for securing the holder to the edge of a pocket.

In the accompanying drawings, A desig' nates the tooth-brush holder, composed of two sections, as shown, which are united at their lower ends by a spring-hinge B. One end of the spring is permanently attached to the inner side of the main section, while the other end passes through akeeper O, which is struck out from the opposite section. The action of the spring serves to keep the brush secure in the holder, but is not so rigid as to make it difficult to withdraw the brush when desired. The pencil-holder D is attached to the outer side of the brush-holder and has a spring extension E, which adjusts itself to pencils of various sizes. The spring-clamp F is provided with teeth, by which the holder may be secured against loss. It will be observed that, if desired, the holder may be attached and carried outside of the pocket.

What I claim as new is- The herein-described tooth-brush case and pencil-holder combined, consisting of the case composed of two sections connected by a spring-hinge, the pencil-holder attached to the brush-case and provided with a spring extension, and the spring-clamp, all constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, this 21st day of January, 1892, in the presence of witnesses.

SAMUEL S. FOX. Witnesses:

J. A. HUNTER, H. I. STEPHENS. 

